Safety-pin



(No Model.)

' B. J. GREBLY.

SAFETY PIN.v v v No. 393,006. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa BENJAMIN J. GREELY, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,006, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed June 4, 1887. Serial No. 940,923; (No model.)

ing the piu-loop and head-loop in place.

NVhile my pateuted piu shown. in Figs. 1 and 2 is a very excellent safety-piu, it is ob- `jectionable in two important respeets, viz., it

cannot be made so readily and strongly as is desirable, and its pointed end frequently gets unfastened and pricks the Wearer.

In the improved safety-piu forming my present invention and shown in Figs. Sand 4 these objections are ovcrcomc, for the safety-piu is very readily and strongly made and likelihood of its pointed end becoming aceidentally unfastened is reduced. to a minimunl.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the Wire l, forming the pin-loop of my patented pin, is secured to the plate 2, as shown, and the Wire is bent to form the tWisted eye." Pressure upon the leg 3 is exceedingly apt to unfasten the pointed end of that leg from its shield 4, and the Way in Which the Wire is secured to the plate makes the piu look clnmsy and unfinished.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 blank A of my improved safety-piu is provided With ears a a' a2 aa, and Wire B is bent to form the pin-loop b and headloop b'. The Wire thus bent is placed on blank A, and ears a a' a2 (L3 are bent over the Wire to hold it in place, thestub end of the Wire being secured and concealed by ear a, Which, together With ear a', forms a shield for the poiuted end of the Wire. XVire B is bent to form a twisted eye as before, but the legs b2 b3 are made substantially parallel to each other for the greater part of their length and pressure upon the pointed leg b2 does not ordinarily spring the leg out of place.

I am aWare of Phelp's patent, NoA 232,413, dated September 21, 1880, and disclaim all that is shown in it.

and ears a a' bent one around the stub end of Wire B and the other around the part of Wire B parallel to the stub end of the Wire, and the pointed end of the Wire being sprung between these bent ears a a', which form the shield for the pointed end of the Wire, substantially as and for the pu rpose set forth.

BENJAMIN J. GREELY.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD S. BEAorI, JOHN R. SNOW. 

